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Christa McAuliffe: Sometimes when things...

Christa McAuliffe: Sometimes when things...

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call [my husband] because I think he's got a real good sense of...

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Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

Margaret Walker: The poetry of...

The poetry of a people comes from the deep recesses of the unconscious, the irrational and the collective body of our...

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The road was...

The road was new to me, as roads always are, going back.

Source: The Country of the...

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Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Dinah Mulock Craik: Believe only half...

Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear.

Source: In Words of...

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Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

Daphne DuMaurier: People who travel...

People who travel are always fugitives.

Source: Frenchman's Creek.
-- Daphne...

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Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

Louisa May Alcott: It takes people...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and...

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Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

Margot Asquith: The spirit of...

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

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Margot Asquith: It is always...

Margot Asquith: It is always...

It is always dangerous to generalize, but the American people, while infinitely generous, are a hard and strong race...

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Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Jessamyn West: Delay breeds fear....

Delay breeds fear.

Source: The Life I Really Lived, 1975
-- Jessamyn West, (Jul...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

Mary Martha Sherwood: . . ....

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

Source: The...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Madeleine L'Engle: Schooling, instead of...

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

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Jane Austen: I do not...

Jane Austen: I do not...

I do not want people to be very agreeable, it saves me the trouble of liking them a great...

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Mary Robinson: A culture is...

Mary Robinson: A culture is...

A culture is not an abstract thing. It is a living, evolving process. The aim is to push beyond standard-setting and...

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Elizabeth II: I should like...

Elizabeth II: I should like...

I should like to be a horse.

Source: When asked about her ambitions when a child;...

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Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

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Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

Katherine Anne Porter: You have to...

You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language that a six-year-old child can understand; and yet have...

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Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Judy Blume: Then again, maybe...

Then again, maybe I won't.

Source: Book title, 1971.
-- Judy Blume, (Feb 12...

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Of all the...

Madame Chiang Kai-Shek: Of all the...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to...

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Freda Adler: It is not...

Freda Adler: It is not...

It is not only by the questions we have answered that progress may be measured, but also by those we are still...

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Harriet Tubman: There was one...

Harriet Tubman: There was one...

There was one of two things I had a right to, liberty, or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other; for...

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